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one remaining credit
Now that I've got the go-ahead to give credit where credit is due: The credit for Syrius' Week One entry-- a beautiful entry that rightfully struck everyone at the time as being not only an incredibly touching piece of writing but also shockingly out of line with the srs_ethos-- goes to good friend tpbrcombo. Basically, when Idol kicked off this season, I ( Read more... ) -
parking ramps, mortal coils, and happy endings
What did you expect? An "IT WAS ALL A DREAM" ending? Mind, I love those, don't get me wrong ( Read more... ) -
favorite tales, leaps of faith, and lots of skin
Hey, have you checked out ljhaikuidol yet? It's pretty cool.
Gather round ol' Syrius, sweet little children. Gather round and let me tell you a story, a very famous and scary story, about the elders of the strange and faraway forest of Elljayidyll ( Read more... ) -
business ventures, vanity labels, and dat azz
OK, so I'll level with you. I was going to take my bye this week because the Rev, who you may recall promised to rejoin the campaign in Week 10 if I managed to survive Week 9, has disappeared without a trace. There are rumors floating around that he's just off "servicing" Rick Wagoner while he's in town, but one way or the other, he's not picking ( Read more... ) -
pumpkin pies, candied yams, and rosy palms
As tends to happen every November or so, it's Thanksgiving season, and time for us to cough up a rote list of things we pretend to be thankful for... y'know, things like our thankless jobs... nagging, frigid spouses... vampiric children. But rather than bore you with 2,500 words or so of strangely-located mid-season end credits (I'll just wait for ( Read more... ) -
banana peels, falling trousers, and audience participation
oh shiiii! I almost forgot to give a shoutout to my new community, ljhaikuidol, where we've already got two seventeen contestants signed up for our first round of all haiku, all the time. Do you have what it takes for a no-holds-barred haiku throwdown? You'd better come and join us before Season One begins!
"What do you mean, 'not this week,' Rev? This is ( Read more... ) -
juicy burgers, saucy dames, and wall-to-wall cheese
This is where you vote for me if you know what's good for you.
Also, I will shortly be pimping my brand new community, LJ Haiku Idol, in various places... might as well get started here. No, it's not a joke. The syllabically constrained excitement begins in just a few weeks. Think you're, uh, writer enough to write on given topics in all haiku, ( Read more... ) -
hope, poop, and lifejackets
Warning for the still-gainfully employed: This entry is slightly blue, even for me.
Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard,
And mostly what I need from you.
- Billy Joel, "Honesty"
Of all the coffee shops in this dump, Cloves 'n' Hornrims had been my favorite of late. What they conspicuously lacked in ( Read more... ) -
ghoulish beats, haunting rhymes, and ghostly relevance
yep, vote here
...Monday, October 27, 12:00pm EST, in unhaunted, ghost-free international waters:
In the tribally-regionalized democratic election for LJ Idol Tribe One Week Five, LiveJournal professional and budding Idol star srs_bidness is consigned to a second-place finish by one vote... and an extremely dubious situation.
...Saturday, October 25, 11: ( Read more... ) -
fourth walls, milkshakes, and broken hearts
VOTE FOR ME HERE, YO
"I was so close, Rev. So damned close."
"The analysis of the past two weeks' results bears it out, Mr. Bidness. Round after round, tribe after tribe, the winning formula is very clear. It's just this simple: If you want to win a round, and I mean really want to win, you are going to need a tearjerker in the inimitable yet ( Read more... )